First mobile phone call from Everest's summit

"It's cold, it's fantastic, the Himalayas are everywhere," Rod Baber said in the phone call from the top of the 8,848-metre peak early on Monday morning. The British mountaineer's achievement was made possible by China Telecom, which has set up a mobile phone tower at base camp on the north side of the mountain.

Dashanzi @ Arles

Arles, a beautiful medieval city in the south of France, each summer plays host to one of the longest running and best-loved photo festivals around. This year, Les Rencontres d'Arles as it's known, starts on July 3 and runs through Sept. 16, and features a wide array of contemporary photography exhibitions, slideshows, competitions, and educational programs, including the the Dashanzi [at] Arles exhibition. Highlighted photographers include Huang Rui, the Gao Brothers, and Rongrong & inri, in four exhibitions bearing on the output of the Dashanzi art district – also known as 798 – in Beijing.